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I like checking in periodically to see Building Oakland in 10 Days. It’s also one of those times when you find the people that are passionate about something are willing to share their work.

-Sean Olson

All Hands On Deck!!! Or “All Hands On The New Remix Station” that Lexa Walsh, our Customizer-in-Residence will debut this weekend. She’s coming back with a bigger and better version of the Remix Station, the soundboard prototype that she debuted earlier this year. Expect a fun time building beats and finding a customized groove while making music from toys and the California Library of Natural Sounds. Join us in studio Friday, April 19th from 5 pm to 8 pm then again all weekend, Saturday and Sunday, April 20th and 21st from 1 pm to 4 pm. What sound would you like to hear remixed into your ringtones, appliance signals, check engine reminders, doorbells or alarm clocks? Bring your customized beat and add it to the remix!—Oakland Rover(Image courtesy of Johnna Arnold)

E. coli modified to release toxin when it comes in contact with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterium (I won’t pretend to know what this is beyond what I can read about it).

E. coli bacteria is seen in an image taken by an electron microscope.

It appears to be a really fascinating perspective on fighting the increasing problem of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria, and I want to believe it’s a way of working with nature to deal with infections rather than just wiping out the 99.9% that antibiotics kill. And besides, what could go wrong?

-sean olson

Customizing religious iconography? South Korean artist Wang Zi Wonconstructs intricate mechanical figures of Buddha and bodhisattva that are part machine and part religious icon. -Scott Moulton
The Pleasure of your company is requested at VERASPHERE The Customizer-In-Residence of Mrs. Vera, the Ambassador of everyday life, alienation, magic and survival. Please join us this weekend as Mrs. Vera’s creator’s Michael Johnston and his partner David Faulk open up their treasure and hope chests of recycled wigs, artifacts and accessories to remind us to always remember that when we honor our drag we honor all modes of culture keeping and making. Come create community, stories, performance, fun and memories through the art of drag. Join us in the studio from 5 pm until 8 pm on Friday, February 22nd and Saturday & Sunday, February 23rd and 24th from 1 pm to 4 pm. —Oakland Rover (Photograph by Michael Johnstone & David Faulk)
PHASE II: Great Hall Rove-in was a great success. Our Customizers-In-Residence ranged from “The Scraper Bike King” Tyrone Stevenson, our IKEA Hackers Russell Baldon and Scott Moulton, Sound Artist and Toy Orchestra Creator Lexa Walsh, Airbrush Artist Jaz Davis and the students from the class put together by Engage at California College of the Arts! And we’re only just beginning. We’re now rolling into the Exhibit Phase and we have already welcomed B. Spoke Tailor’s Nan Eastep into the well-primed gallery space.   Obtainium* Works, the Do It Yourself (DIY) group of tinkerers, gear heads, and steam bohemians who fabricate steam-powered art out of repurposed industrial detritusis will be our Customizers-in-Residence this weekend. Expect creative and customizing combustion as they share and teach us their “UnNatural Sciences”. Expect plenty of *Obtainium(any item, found or obtained for free) too! Join us this Friday from 5-8pm and Saturday and Sunday from 1-4pm for gearhead fun! —Oakland Rover
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